"boldness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈboʊldnəs/ [General-American], /ˈbəʊldnəs/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: boldnesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English boldnesse, equivalent to bold + -ness. Cognate with Scots baldness, bauldness (“boldness”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|boldnesse}} Middle English boldnesse, {{af|en|bold|-ness}} bold + -ness, {{cog|sco|baldness}} Scots baldness, {{m|sco|bauldness|t=boldness}} bauldness (“boldness”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} boldness (usually uncountable, plural boldnesses)
  1. The state of being bold; courage. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (courage): maltimo (Esperanto), audace [feminine] (French), 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹 (balþei) [feminine] (Gothic), κουράγιο (kourágio) [neuter] (Greek), merészség (Hungarian), audentia [feminine] (Latin), audācia [feminine] (Latin), valentia [feminine] (Portuguese), tapachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), osadía (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-boldness-en-noun-kK-0z3GB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 42 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 47 43 10 Disambiguation of 'courage': 97 1 2
  2. presumptuousness Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-boldness-en-noun-TL9RCrqQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 42 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 47 43 10
  3. (typography) The relative weight of a font; the thickness of its strokes. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Typography Translations (relative weight of a font): vonalvastagság (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-boldness-en-noun-oFFBo5O0 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 47 43 10 Topics: media, publishing, typography Disambiguation of 'relative weight of a font': 3 1 96

Inflected forms

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